Tip Archives - Teams /its/teams/category/tip/ ÐÓ°ÉÔ­´´ University Tue, 15 Feb 2022 15:23:50 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.3.1 Tip: MacOS – How to access MS Teams with a browser /its/teams/2022/tip-macos-users-access-teams-in-a-browser/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tip-macos-users-access-teams-in-a-browser Tue, 15 Feb 2022 15:08:13 +0000 /its/teams/?p=1295 Safari browser showing Microsoft message to use Teams App insteadThe MS Teams app is available for .

But there may be occasions when you wish to use a web browser to connect to — for example, to bring up a 2nd instance of MS Teams, in addition to the Teams app you are using. But if you connect to  using MacOS’ default Safari browser, you’ll see this message.

But you can connect to  by selecting a different browser, such as  browser, which is available for MacOS.

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Tip: Position your phone horizontally when joining a Teams video call /its/teams/2021/tip-position-your-phone-horizontally-when-joining-a-teams-video-call/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tip-position-your-phone-horizontally-when-joining-a-teams-video-call Mon, 14 Jun 2021 18:54:24 +0000 /its/teams/?p=1272 If you’re using Teams app on your phone (, ) for a video call/meeting, position your phone in landscape (horizontal) orientation.

Otherwise your video image will appear zoomed-in, with your meeting participants seeing just the top-half of your face. You will receive no indication of this, as your self-image displayed in the bottom right corner of your Teams app will show your whole face just as you would expect.

This inadvertent “zoomed-in effect” is an artefact of your meeting participants’ Teams apps auto re-sizing your vertical video feed from your phone positiioned in its normal, vertical orientation. Positioning your phone in horizontal (landscape) mode transmits your video feed with the more typical webcam aspect ratio, and so what you see in your self-image video will match what your Teams meeting participants see when they look at you.
Graphic showing effect of Teams video call when phone held vertically
Related discussion of the work-around by which the other meeting participants can individually and manually click on the Zoomed-in mobile user’s video image and select Fit to Frame:Ìý

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